CA, Southern California, 20080822
Pasadena, lichens. 

North side of Bellefontaine, midway between St John and Orange Grove (325?), at base of Chinese? fan palms.  Fantastic lichen communities, and probably something new.

Lecania cyrtella [] [voucher] 

GEN

crustose lichen, on base of chinese fan palm, at edge of sprinkler zone, also present are large quantities of _Lecanora hagenii_

THAL

apparently absent, copious dark green granular, essentially just algae

MED

apparently absent

APO

clustered, appearing almost like squamules on first glance rim   prominant, decorticate, slowly disappearing, filled with algae, largish blocky cells lecanorine disk   med brown with some pink, waxy-looking, some appear pruinose from granular white debris (from rim breaking down?) but not truly pruinose epi   lt brown, covered with 2-3um granules hymen   clear, IKI+ dk blue hypo clear, para inseparable even in K, all K-

SPORE

clear, ellip, cells 1-2 (septum width-wise), walls thin and even, smooth, 10-12x4-4.5um, 8 per ascus

 

Northwest corner of Bellfontaine and Fairmont, base of eastern-most magnolia. Spectacular (for Pasadena) variety of lichens.

Candelariella vitellina [] 

Physconia isidiigera [] 

Physcia adscendens [] 

Lecanora hagenii [] 

Chrysothrix [] 

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